# 煤炭 (méitàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 煤炭 (méitàn) means “coal”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: coal
- Pinyin: méitàn (mei2 tan4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 过去这里冬天主要靠燃烧煤炭取暖。
  Guòqù zhèlǐ dōngtiān zhǔyào kào ránshāo méitàn qǔnuǎn.
  In the past, people here mainly relied on burning coal for heating in winter.

## Characters

- [煤](https://hanziro.com/word/mei-coal/) (méi): coal
- [炭](https://hanziro.com/word/tan-charcoal/) (tàn): charcoal; coal

https://hanziro.com/word/mei-tan-coal/

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